Miller Kids University
Math Club
The Miller Kids University Math Club is a free online math club. We include recommendations for math books, websites and activities. We share math facts. Everyone is already a member of our math club. We encourage you to learn about math by using the information on our website and to read books, visit educational websites, and do math activities.
Do you have an interesting math fact or activity that you would like to share? Email us at millerkidsuniversity@gmail.com and we will select what students send to post on our math facts and activities pages.
Why study math?
Math helps us to find patterns, solve problems, organize, create, analyze, measure, and determine amounts.
Math Recommendations
Books
Title: The Mission of Addition
Author: Brian Cleary
Year of publication: 2007
Ages: 5 to 7 years
Topic: Addition
Title: If You Were a Minus Sign
Author: Trisha Shaskin
Year of publication: 2008
Ages: 6 to 9 years
Topic: Subtraction
Title: Math Attack
Author: Joan Horton
Year of publication: 2009
Ages: 6 to 8 years
Topic: Multiplication
Title: The Best of Times
Author: Greg Tang
Year of publication: 2002
Ages: 8 to 11 years
Topic: Multiplication
Title: The Great Divide
Author: Dayle Ann Dodds
Year of publication: 2005
Ages: 6 to 9 years
Topic: Division
Title: Fraction Action
Author: Loreen Leedy
Year of publication: 1996
Ages: 5 to 8 years
Topic: Fractions
Title: Great Estimations
Author: Bruce Goldstone
Year of publication: 2010
Ages: 7 to 10 years
Topic: Estimating
Title: Shape Up
Author: David Adler
Year of publication: 2000
Ages: 7 to 11 years
Topic: Basic geometry
Title: How Much is a Million?
Author: David Schwartz
Year of publication: 2004
Ages: 5 to 8 years
Topic: Large numbers
Title: Family Reunion
Author: Bonnie Bader
Year of publication: 2003
Ages: 6 to 8 years
Topic: Graphs
Title: Max's Math
Author: Kate Banks
Year of publication: 2015
Ages: 5 to 8 years
Topic: Basic math concepts
Title: Inchworm and a Half
Author: Elinor Pinczes
Year of publication: 2001
Ages: 5 to 8 years
Topic: Fractions
Title: Pizza Counting
Author: Christina Dobson
Year of publication: 2002
Ages: 5 to 9 years
Topic: Fractions
Math Field Trips
Grocery store: practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, comparing prices, and rounding, and determine unit price to find the better buy
Bank: learn about money management and bank accounts
Kitchen: practice measurement of ingredients
Restaurant: add up a bill and calculate a tip
Minature golf: record scores, find the total score, and practice angles for putting a ball
Train/metro station: learn to read train time tables, maps of routes, and determine ticket prices
